Connecticut Fishing Reports

Report for Long Island Sound - Well, it's that time of year again--the post-Labor Day slump. Some folks think that since the summer’s officially over, so’s the fishing.  But there’s no truth in that, just a psychological attitude.  We had just two trips for the week, and both we more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Robert Gottesman of Westport and New York City returned for a fishing trip after being away for two years. Bob and his son, Ben, had a lot of fun off Cockenoe where many schools of bluefish were on the surface. They boated about 15 and kept three more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - August Report From The Kingfisher Sorry for the delay of our weekly reports, my computer has been down during my move. It has been a pretty wild month for the kingfisher. After a red hot July with stripers the bite finally turned slow for t more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Report for Long Island Sound - MY BONNIE CHARTERS REPORT AUGUST 30, 2005 Robert Remin of White Plains, a “My Bonnie” regular, entertained his brother-in-law, Lawrence and his daughter—also Westchester residents—and they had a good day fishing for bass, catching 13 schoolie-siz more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Todd Phillips of Stamford brought along two friends for their first trip with us. We fished the Norwalk Islands and Westport, and they had a good morning catching striped bass up to 25”; all the fish were caught on bucktails. Rick Bradt returned f more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Nick Timoshanko, an importer/exporter who resides in Westport, entertained Sergey Baranenko the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kalmykia (former part of the USSR) for his second trip aboard “My Bonnie”. It was a so-so day, but they h more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Bud Barton and Wayne Heyland of Greenwich endured the sweltering heat on August 5, but were rewarded with a boatload of large bluefish up to 13 pounds--caught under a bunker school at the mouth of the Five-Mile River. We then got into topwater actio more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Craig Steinberg of Westport and five of his children sailed with us on a very hot Wednesday morning. It was a fantastic day of constant action starting with large slammer blues up to 13 pounds caught among bunker schools in Norwalk Harbor. When the more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Jim and Elizabeth McMahon of Ridgefield sailed with us for the first time, bringing along their son, James, a high-school student. They caught two keeper striped bass as well as several bluefish at Cockenoe and in deep water off of Sheffield Island. more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - Last weeks report from the Kingfisher Sorry for the late report, this is our busiest time of the year and for good reason. The last week has been stellar to say the least. Going back to Wednesday the 13th Harold Hart group came up from Florida to more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound